All valedictorian candidates must complete a minimum of nine honors level courses. These courses are listed above under “Academic Enrichment Program”. There are some concurrent courses that qualify as well. Please see your counselor as a freshman for more information if considering this track.

The valedictorian shall be the senior(s) with the highest grade point average based on semester grades from the ninth grade through third block of the twelfth grade in all classes awarded letter grades. The only exception shall be when the grade point average is higher than strictly because of the number of total courses taken or the number of honors courses taken. In that case, GPA will be disregarded. If students under consideration for valedictorian honors have all grades identical and have taken the required number of honors level courses (those with five points A), multiple valedictorians will be named.

The salutatorian will be the student(s) with the next highest GPA after the valedictorians are named. Honors for valedictorian and salutatorian will be calculated manually.

Concurrent enrollment, as it pertains to this policy, may count toward the full day requirement for seniors and toward graduation credit or class rank. Any concurrent enrollment class that is deemed to contain the rigor associated with an honors level course may be considered for inclusion on the list of honors level, five point courses if the course has been verified to indeed contain the necessary rigor and is pre-approved by the high school principal prior to completion and enrollment in the course.

AP exams scores may be weighted for the purpose of course fulfillment. This is subject to passing AP exams scores and principal and counselor approval.

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